Getting Started – Banner Up Signs
Custom themes are basically highly customized versions of IDv2. Some things will be the same and some will be different.
The first big difference between custom sites and IDv2 is that you are not building the custom site out like you build out an IDv2 site. On a custom build, you are only entering content. You don’t have as much flexibility and creative freedom with custom builds. If there is something that needs to change in style or format, consult the developer.
- Theme Color Palette – this has already been done for you
- Theme Colors – this has already been done for you
- Site Logo – this has already been done for you
- Site Icon – this has already been done for you
Adding Content
Some content will already be added just to build out and style elements of the site. However, this content may need to be edited and you’ll have additional content to add.
Be cautious editing existing content.
- Sometimes classes or ID’s are added to blocks for styling purposes. If those get removed, the page will break.
- Sometimes blocks are placed in a specific order for styling purposes. If those get rearranged, the page will break.
I’ll do my best to keep notes on those areas below.
Home Page
The editor will not match the front end for this page. The positioning would make editing difficult but I’ve done my best to keep content editable here. I strongly suggest editing the actual content (headings, text, images) and leaving the structure intact. List View will be your friend here!
Hero
The structure of the home page hero is outlined here. Pay close attention to the order of blocks and class/ID’s added. These are necessary for front end styles.
Group full-width with hard-stop gradient background.
— Group
— H1 – you may edit this
— Gallery with ID home-tiles – you may edit this (images only – leave settings). Each image needs a caption and both the images and captions need to be linked to the page. Changing an image removes the link so be sure to re-link them.
Featured Projects
Group full-width with hard-stop gradient background and ID featured-projects.
— Group
— Columns
— Column 1
— Gallery – you may edit this
— Column 2
— H2 – you may edit this
— Paragraph – you may edit this
— Buttons (1x) – you may edit this
Services
Group with ID services
— H2 – you may edit this
— Row
— Image Box – you may edit this
— H3 – you may edit this
— Image Box – you may edit this
— H3 – you may edit this
— Image Box – you may edit this
— H3 – you may edit this
— Image Box – you may edit this
— H3 – you may edit this
Both the image (see Advanced tab of block settings) and the H3 in the Image Box need to be linked. Each one has an Image Hover Animation of Slide Top applied (see General tab of block settings).
Features
Group with ID features – full width
— Columns – full width
— Column 1
— Cover – you may edit this (background image only)
— H2 – you may edit this
— Paragraph – you may edit this
— Buttons (1x) – you may edit this
— Column 2
— Cover – you may edit this (background image only)
— H2 – you may edit this
— Paragraph – you may edit this
— Buttons (1x) – you may edit this
Form Section
Group – full width with light grey background
— Group
— Columns
— Column 1
— H2 – you may edit this
— Paragraph – you may edit this
— Column 2
— Empty (intentional)
— Column 3
— Form (Contact)
Interior Pages
Interior pages are generally not as structured as the home page or custom templates are. The interior pages consist of a cover with title block followed by one or more group blocks, depending on your content needs. You can have a little more flexibility in these content areas.